Granger's face was extremely dull.

"Coach, I really don't want to leave the pirates, why don't you think about it again......"

If the scene in front of me was known to other teams, I am afraid that I would vomit three liters of blood.

Other teams are begging grandpa to sue grandma for wanting to keep a young star like Granger, and even do not hesitate to offer some conditions of "losing power and humiliating the country".

But on the side of the Pirates, the situation is completely opposite, but it is a young star like Granger who begs to stay on the team, and even does not hesitate to take a pay cut to get the opportunity to stay with the team.

"Also, after leaving the Pirates, I really didn't know which team to join, and I had a serious selection problem......," Granger said bitterly.

"Go to the Trail Blazers, that's a good option, they can give you a top salary, and they're good." Richard duly recommended Granger to join the Trail Blazers.

Granger was stunned, he didn't expect Richard to recommend himself to the Trail Blazers, because no matter how you look at the Trail Blazers, it is not a good choice.

The first is that the Trail Blazers have Durant in the team, and Granger's position conflicts, although these two can play small forward and point guard respectively, but the data of these two will definitely decline at that time, and the combination effect may not be ideal.

Secondly, the current news of the league that the Trail Blazers are going to trade Xiao Ao is spreading, and Granger is naturally very clear.

Without Ao, the Trail Blazers will be able to swallow their contracts next season, but Granger is not particularly hungry for money.

Without Xiao Ao of the Trail Blazers, their strength will decline again, and even if Granger wants to leave the Pirates, he must want to join a strong team.

So no matter how you look at it, joining the Trail Blazers is not a good choice, although the Trail Blazers can give the maximum salary, but other teams can give the same.

Granger is still confident in his own strength.

In fact, because the Pirates have not been rumored to renew Granger's contract, several teams have contacted Granger privately.

These teams don't just promise Granger a max contract, they have a bunch of other guarantees.

However, Granger refused them all, at least until he won the championship this season, even if Richard told him today that the team would not renew his contract, he would not consider leaving.

This is what a professional footballer should be......

……

Seeing Granger's puzzled face, Richard couldn't help but explain.

"Danny, what I'm going to tell you next is classified, and only two or three people in the alliance know about it for the time being."

"At the end of this season, Greg will be swapped with Durant, you know what I mean, right?"

"Besides, you should also know the relationship between me and the Trail Blazers, after you go to the Trail Blazers, you don't have to worry about it so much, to put it mildly, if McMillan dares to treat you badly, I can get him out of Portland that night."

Granger was dumbfounded and muttered, "Greg?" Is it our Oden?! ”

Richard nodded, confirming Granger's thoughts.

Crazy, crazy!

Granger was stunned, he didn't expect Richard to be so crazy that even Oden would be sold!

That's Oden, the super center who is known as O'Neal's successor!

Now that Richard is going to sell him, Granger really doesn't know what Richard is thinking......

Durant is not bad in Granger's opinion, but it's just good, and even at the moment, Durant's strength is not as good as his own, how to compare with Oden!

Richard also smiled bitterly when he saw Granger's surprised appearance, he didn't want to sell Auden, but the old man was playing tricks, and he couldn't sell it.

……

"I know you don't want to play in an unfamiliar environment, but now that Greg is going to the Trail Blazers, you don't feel unfamiliar there."

"The core players over there are all West Lafayette players, and they are all their own people."

"The most important thing is that the strength of the Trail Blazers will start to take off after you and Oden join, and they will become a team qualified to compete with the Spurs and Lakers in the West!" Richard said with a smile.

After Granger was stunned for a moment, a smile appeared on his face, and he breathed a long sigh of relief, judging from Richard's description, joining the Trail Blazers seemed to be a good choice.

Of course, if he could stay with the Pirates, Granger would still prefer the Pirates, even with a pay cut.

"Go back and train hard, this season's finals, strive to have an FMVP, and leave the pirates in style." Richard continued to laugh.

Granger nodded solemnly, since he was destined to stay in the pirates at the moment, he also thought that he would be able to leave the pirates in a beautiful way.

After all, the opportunity of FMVP is quite rare, after joining the Trailblazers, although the strength of the Trailblazers is not weak, but who knows how young it will be to see the hope of winning the championship.

Maybe I won't have a chance to win another championship in my life, and it's not impossible.

……

After Granger left, Richard was also relieved.

I can be regarded as worthy of Paul Allen, I have helped with all the favors, and this can't be regarded as a help, after all, it is my own family.

……

As the schedule progressed, the Buccaneers remained undefeated so far, and their strong fighting power sometimes made their opponents lose their fighting spirit before the game even started.

On March 27, the Pirates traveled to Los Angeles to play an away game, not against the Lakers, but against the Clippers in the same city.

After seeing Richard, Stevens was also full of embarrassment.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed, and he and Richard entered the league at the same time, but he entered the league as an assistant coach.

For more than ten years, Stevens' coaching experience cannot be said to be successful, after taking charge of the Clippers, although he let the Clippers enter the playoffs, but they are only playoff threshold level teams, and they can't make a difference in the playoffs at all.

Once upon a time, Stevens, who had just joined the Clippers, also thought that he could one day become a great coach like Richard.

I've been with Richard for many years, I've learned a lot, and it may not take long to build the Clippers into a superpower in the West.

But the reality is that Stevens has poured cold water on it.

And now Stevens has to face not only doubts about his coaching level, but also despair for the Clippers team.

He's been coaching the Clippers for many years, and he's found that this team has a lot of problems in their bones.

In particular, owner Raheem Sterling has the biggest problem.

Because Stevens is also Caucasian, Sterling sometimes doesn't have too many scruples when he chats with Stevens alone, and sometimes he will show discrimination against black people.

Sterling didn't just discriminate against blacks, he discriminated against all people of color, and of course, homosexuality......

That would explain why Sterling hates Magic Johnson so much.

……

This kind of thing, Stevens definitely can't tell Richard, because Richard is also a colored person, with his understanding of Richard, if Richard knows about this, it is estimated that he can take someone to arrest Sterling tonight and beat him up.

The Clippers' starting five are all black, with 12 of the team's 14 players black......

As a boss, Sterling is different from Richard and Cuban, who treat players as brothers, and he rarely meets with players, and even when they do, they are condescending.

He's treating the players as if they were his own hires, and of course, that's true.

A player takes the boss's money and plays for the team, essentially a hired worker.

But if the boss treats the players with the attitude of a hired man, how can the players work hard, after all, they are all paid so much regardless of whether they win the game or not.

Stevens now realizes that the Clippers have always been so fishy, and owner Sterling is to blame, and he simply doesn't know how to treat players with respect.

But even if he realized this, what could he do, he could only rot in his stomach, and take one step at a time.